CHILDREN'S MINISTRYA New Way to Teach Kids about Salvation May 07, 20191 Comment A few months ago I opened up a dusty old box of Sunday school resources. How old was this box? …
PASTORAL MINISTRYEvery Preacher’s Job, Every Preacher’s Dream April 29, 20190 Comment For all their hard-headedness and miserable failures, the people of Israel whom Moses was called to lead did get a …
FAMILYWhen Screen Time Becomes An Escape April 23, 20190 Comment Every school day, around 3:30 p.m., I start the rundown. The house gets a quick tidy. I set out graham …
SPIRITUAL FORMATIONLent: The Restoring Fire April 18, 20190 Comment As humans, we have a complicated relationship with fire. On the one hand, fire is responsible for allowing humanity to …
THEOLOGYThe Transformational Message That Unites Us April 16, 20190 Comment The following in an excerpt from the introduction of The Foundry’s new release, Why Holiness? A couple of years ago …
SPIRITUAL FORMATIONMake a Friend, Not a Point: Being a Peacemaker in a Fractured World April 24, 20174 Comments How is your day going? Mine started off sideways: I was driving a baby home from a visit with her …
PASTORAL MINISTRYWhat I Learned as a Plenary Speaker at M19 February 28, 20194 Comments For three days in February, Kansas City was teeming with more than three thousand Nazarenes gathered together for M19, a …
PASTORAL MINISTRYMental Wellness, Ministry, and Holiness February 12, 20184 Comments There’s a secret in the church that’s destroying lives and breaking families. It’s not often addressed by leaders, and it’s …
OUR WORLDCommunity-Minded Ministry: The Bridge September 29, 20163 Comments Avon Grove Church of the Nazarene is located in southern Chester County, Pennsylvania. On a map, we are just north …
THEOLOGY5 Reasons to Preach the Lectionary October 19, 20173 Comments We are a people who love rhythm. We all have particular rhythms that govern our lives. We have large, macro-rhythms …
